Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-07-24
THE CHAUTAUQUA.
A mePert ef Last Fridays Inter-
terestimw Rroceedimws.

Inc IaDernacle at Long beacn Waf
crowded on Friday evening to witness
spectacular exhibition representing
Oriental scenes. The lecture was by
DIR. Ostrander, and entitled 'sBible
Scenes in Oriental costumes.
He said, as he came on the stage
with gay robes and turbsn-Persiar
dress: We come to represent the
Bible.
1t is said that in the heather
temples they Put mirrors in such posi-
ton az to reflect what is within. Sc
we come with this mirror, making
plain many things otherwise obscure
In the Bible. We need to know the
manners and customs of the people
where the Bible was written.
Fourteen ladies' and gentlemen
came ON the stage in different cos
tunes, promenading for some time in
silence, and when they came to q
standstill, he said, "Ladies and gen.
tlemen, these are Oriental friends OF
mine, journeying for their health.
Having arrived at Long Beach, as
they like the climate, they will proba-
bly, stay awhile" The women were
veiled. He said at home they would
not appear as on this stage. They
wear covering of black, shutting out
the beautiful garments richly en-
broidered and the glittering jewelry.
This illustrates the beautiful passage
of scripture "The Kings daughter is
all glorious within" The long robes
girded up with the girdle, illustrates
the exhortation Of Paul: 'Gird
up the loins of your mind and be
sober-be ready-your robes gathered
up in the girdle for the race"
He showed other uses of the girdle,
as to carry bottles with horns, &c.
He exhibited the two-edged sword.
1t is used, as also for other purposes,
to strike off the covering Of the face
SO the eye, exhibiting the thoughts
and emotions OF the mind and heart,
could be seen. So the "Word of God
IA two-edged swords quick and
powerful and is a discerner of the
thoughts and intents of the heart"
Then we had the form of saluta-
tions. They bowed, Rugged each
other and exclaimed in cultural ac-
cent, salam. This means, how is your
health. Peace be unto you. This
makes clear the Savior's directions,
"Salute no man by the way"
The lecturer then came out with the
shepherds crook. He showed, by a
musical cadence, how the shepherd
calls his sheep. They all know the
peculiar cadence, and will not follow
another. "They wot the voice OF
strangers. He showed how the shep-
herd carried his sheep. The staff
placed across the shoulder supported
the sheep on both shoulders, max
ing the burden bearable. 'Thy rod
and thy staff, they comfort me-"
The spinning of the virtuous woman
of the 3lst chapter OF Proverbs, by one
of the women, having the very spin
ming machine of the Orient, was in
teresting.
He illustrated the "giving of cup
of cold water in the name of a disci-
ple," as used by our Savior. In the
desert where water is scarce, with the
bottle Of skin, they cry in unspeakably
musical tones to the thirsty, as it is rem
siered in the English, "Ho, everyone
that thirsteth, come We to the waters. "
job says, when vindicating himself,
ss'I have washed my steps in butter'-
meaning that his ways have been
pure. So he showed how milk is
.churned in bottle of skin laid upon
the ground and trodden with the feet.
The milk represented purity as it
gushed from the bottle upon the feet.
Many other illustrations were given,
but an oriental wedding scene must
suffice.
The virgins, as represented in the
25th chapter of Matthew, were those
who had been invited to the feast at
the house of the bride, waiting for the
arrival of the bridegroom. The wise
virgins had their lamps and everything
in readiness, but the foolish virgins
bad been careless, thinking they could
get into the greater feast at the house
OF the bridegroom.
A procession ON the stage represent
ed as perfectly as could be, under the
circumstances, real wedding process
sion, minus the lamps, with shoutinss s
and noisy instruments of music.
On the whole the exhibition was
worth a journey f thousand miles
to see and hear.
DIR. Ostrander met his Normal Bible
Glass at 9 o'clock promptly on Satur-
day morning. After some recapitula-
ton he showed the class that all the
places in sacred geography were under
one government, the Roman. There
we've many races, but all spoke one
language, the Greek. He showed,
also, why the name of ancient Canaan
was changed to Israel, Judea, Pales-
tine, etc. Palesti ne means the land
of palms. Its area is about the size of
New Hampshire. He showed, on the
blackboard, its topography. 1t was
first called Canaan, from Cana. a
descendant OF Ham; Israel, from
Jacob, whose name was changed
to Israel; Judea, from the Jews
Palestine from the great abundance OF
palms. Phenicia from the tabled
phenix that reproduced itself. So the
palm reproduces itself by growing
from the center.
At 10 DIR. J. p Widney, of Los An
geles, gave lecture entitled "The
o-Teuton-His Literature"
No synopsis can do justice to such a
lecture. 1t showed great erudition
and was listened to with marked
interest.
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His first effort was to find out what
was the Anglo-Teutonic race. 1t was
not England, was not America, not
Scandinavian, etc. He proved this,
from relics dug from the bowels of the
earth, showing conclusively that they
belonged to an entirely different race.
Then tracing back, back across the
continents, he found the trail was
lost in Central Asia.
From this point they diverged, the
stream he was tracing, to Western
Europe, thence to America.
His conclusion was that the Ameri
can was the Anglo-Teuton.
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